Man Ray in the 1920s used solarisation, which gives photographs negative and positive characteristics, a perfect technique for a surrealist.

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He cannot, it seems, build his love for Europe on its positive characteristics, but must rely instead on what he sees as America's vices.

ECONOMIST: Global politics

Each of these patterns entails positive and negative characteristics that both excite and alarm venture capitalists.

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The one positive result in establishing Millennial generational characteristics is this: when we pay attention to their characteristics, we reexamine our management and leadership style, which ultimately brings us full circle: all human beings want to feel good, want to do good work and be recognized for it, and actually are pretty good people.

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He sought assurances that measures designed to promote "positive action" - ensuring equal treatment for those with certain "protective characteristics" such as race or sexual orientation - would not lead instead to positive discrimination.

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Both had quotable evidence of their laudable characteristics that could have been dominant messaging of their positive persona.

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